Cape Coral vs Fort Myers
Cape Coral, FL compared with Fort Myers, FL · 10 miles apart
Cape Coral has 236,264 residents to Fort Myers’s 101,581. Cape Coral comes out ahead on median household income, homeownership, poverty rate. Fort Myers does better on median rent, average commute, bachelor's degree +.
| Cape Coral, FL | Fort Myers, FL | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 236,264 | 101,581 |
| Density (per sq mi) | 2,223 | 2,534 |
| Median household income | $78,104 | $63,732 |
| Median home value | $373,500 | $384,500 |
| Median rent | $1,858 | $1,580 |
| Homeownership | 77.2% | 49.1% |
| Average commute | 29.9 min | 25.2 min |
| Median age | 48.6 | 41.3 |
| Bachelor's degree + | 26.9% | 32% |
| Poverty rate | 10.7% | 16.3% |
| Unemployment | 3.8% | 4.2% |
| Price to income | 4.8× | 6× |
| Clear days a year | 24 | — |
| Days above 90°F | 71 | — |
Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.
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